U.S. youth sports participation: analyzing the implications of generation, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and family and community sport cultureschbjork@vassar.eduChris Bjorkknoester.1@osu.eduChris Knoester
25 percent of parents have considered keeping their kids from playing due to concerns about concussions. During that same time period, participation in youth football fell 18 percent with other contact sports reporting declines as well.
25 percent of parents have considered keeping their kids from playing due to concerns about concussions. During that same time period, participation in youth football fell 18 percent with other contact sports reporting declines as well.
39% of all youth sports coaches tend to be between the ages of 25-34 Keeping Youths Active Many kids nowadays are finding comfort in their own homes with technology at their fingertips. Youth participation in sports is on a decline, but being active especially for kids is extremely important...
Fam- ily income did not have a significant impact on MVPA, but those children who participated in sports had signifi- cantly greater MVPA, by approximately 7 min more per day. Perhaps, therefore, the impact of family income on MVPA is mediated by youth sport participation. The impact of ...
Student-athlete participation 1981-1982–2012-13: NCAA sports sponsorship and participation rates report. http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/PR2014.pdf. Published 2014. Accessed September 10, 2014. 3. National Federation of State High School Associations. Participation statistics. http:/...
Regression (StatisticsParticipationOrganizationThis article presents an assessment of the relative influences of time spent participating in organized sports and informal sports during childhood with respect to the development of general creativity. In this study, 99 upper-division undergraduate and graduate ...
In a new study, providers of care to transgender youth were against the rising tide of legislation restricting participation of transgender youth in gender-segregated sports. Nearly all providers voiced concern that legislation banning transgender youth from sports participation would lead to worsening dis...
‘School sport’: Frequency of using school sports facilities (5-point scale). ‘Sport in gen’: Frequency of doing sport (5-point scale). ‘School clubs’: Frequency of participation in school clubs or societies. (5-point scale). ‘Play music’: Played a musical instrument in the last ...
of-pocket costs for low-income families to increase their children's participation in sports. Providing equipment and transportation, while also minimizing parent time commitments, may have the greatest effect on increasing sports participation among youths fromlower-incomefamilies, the study also noted....